The over 50s Forum's purpose is to give older people a voice and to ensure hat all their concerns are put and kept before decision makers.

Our aims are:-
• To promote and involve ourselves with policies that benefit older people.
• To make sure Haringey Council and other public service bodies (e.g. NHS, TfL, GLA, the police) recognise and understand the needs of older people in the Borough.

For more information and how to join email info@ho50s.org.uk or phone 07915 477009. Text is best but if you leave a voice message, please give your contact details very slowly and clearly.

Committee members maintain liaison with the Haringey Circle and several other Haringey and London-wide organisations, often through overlapping committee memberships, including various borough-level and London wide official bodies:-

• Older People’s Reference Group, feeding service users’ views into the Joint Partnership Board for Adult Services (a bridging committee between the Council and the NHS, to bring service users’ views to both)
• The Ageing Well Board – a borough-wide group in which a few ‘lay’ members meet with NHS managers and the Haringey Council public health team
• Public Voice
• Keep Our NHS Public
• Transport for All
• Greater London Forum
• Other Haringey pensioners’ groups

Members receive a regular newsletter and we have monthly meetings plus a cinema club. Email updates on events are sent to all members with e-mail addresses. We also have occasional outings, socials and picnics.

Details of meetings are posted in the newsletter. Any member can join in and we welcome guests to ‘try us out’. The meetings are usually the 4th Thursday in any month, starting at 2pm. Venue is the Winkfield Centre, Winkfield Road, N22 5RP, but details are always given in the newsletter (see newsletter page on this site).

The cinema club is usually the first Thursday afternoon in the month at the Finsbury Park Picturehouse and the third Thursday of the month at Crouch End Picturehouse. Email James on info@ho50s.org.uk to find out more.